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these were states that george w. bush carried in 2004 in nevada, colorado, new mexico. new mexico is basically no longer a battleground state. >> gentleman, way back there. actually two of them, so take them in sequence. >> hi, randy sand. they're a group of voters often described as socially liberal, but fiscally conservative. is that a large group of numbers? and if so, why do they seem to be getting very little respect during this election cycle? >> you know, broadly speaking that defines the upper middle class with individual exceptions the somewhat right of center on social issues is in fact the increasing prominence of the 1960s as a principal reason of what i call the classic version, the fact that democrat gavin better by color than blue collar or space debris pattern in an industrialized world for the liberal party. in the reality is being neglected. obama is likely. i would say today the road from his position history of the four quadrants, the college-educated men writing career for points down. we'll collar men, maybe five points down three or four like that
these were states that george w. bush carried in 2004 in nevada, colorado, new mexico. new mexico is basically no longer a battleground state. >> gentleman, way back there. actually two of them, so take them in sequence. >> hi, randy sand. they're a group of voters often described as socially liberal, but fiscally conservative. is that a large group of numbers? and if so, why do they seem to be getting very little respect during this election cycle? >> you know, broadly...
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the george w. bush administration. he is teachly currently at the professor of diplomacy and international politics at harvard. thank you for joining us. >> it's a pleasure to be with you. >> thank you. you heard the speeches from new york and the play about the dualing foreign policy points. what's your take away as far as what each candidates had to say in new york? >> guest: first i think it's very interesting that foreign policy and national security issues have made a real come comeback. they are a big part of the discussion. i think it's a good thing because foreign policy is important to every single american. because we live in a globalized world. i thought president obama gave a thoughtful and he focused 0 the middle east and the tragic events that took place two weeks ago of this week. the assassination of our ambassador in libya and three of his colleagues. the president paid tribute to ambassador stephens. he made two important points, he said americans obviously want to show great religious tolerance for t
the george w. bush administration. he is teachly currently at the professor of diplomacy and international politics at harvard. thank you for joining us. >> it's a pleasure to be with you. >> thank you. you heard the speeches from new york and the play about the dualing foreign policy points. what's your take away as far as what each candidates had to say in new york? >> guest: first i think it's very interesting that foreign policy and national security issues have made a...
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. >> do you think that's fair to describe that as a george w. bush, consensus on what we should be doing, what the default should be on a lot of these policies? >> well, you're definitely right to distinguish between bush term one and term two. bush was -- bush moved a lot, and he changed. and obama has gone further down the road that bush was already moving in the latter part of his second term. and i don't think you would see -- so i see it more as a continuation of the directional momentum of the late bush administration. the bush administration learned a lot of lessons over the course of its time in office, and obama learned lessons from the bush administration's time in office. i think largely those have gelled around a certain degree of consensus, and i think, yeah, the bush administration was moving in that direction. i think obama made some important innovations to further it down the road. >> do you have any thoughts bev we go to formal responses, any thoughts about ben's statements on consensus? >> well, my thought -- is that the whole
. >> do you think that's fair to describe that as a george w. bush, consensus on what we should be doing, what the default should be on a lot of these policies? >> well, you're definitely right to distinguish between bush term one and term two. bush was -- bush moved a lot, and he changed. and obama has gone further down the road that bush was already moving in the latter part of his second term. and i don't think you would see -- so i see it more as a continuation of the...
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i was proud that republicans and democrats and president george w. bush signed that bill. the committee played a key role -- this committee played a key role in reauthorizing the landmark law. this overwhelmingly bipartisan effort basis former president, with the new johnstone sign the legal voting rights act into law. i'm reminded of the continuing importance of the law. panels of judges appointed by presidents of both parties have found that texas intentionally discriminates against minority voters and redistricting and failed to demonstrate voter i.d. law does not impose greater restrictions on minority voters and without the voting rights act, these changes to election will be in effect. when dr. martin luther king said the act of the moral universe is long for justice, he captured the steady progress we see a relative few that continue. the foundation of the constitution and the bill of rights, not the civil war transformed to embrace equal rights and human dignity by abolishing slavery, guaranteeing equal protection of the law for all americans, prohibiting racial ba
i was proud that republicans and democrats and president george w. bush signed that bill. the committee played a key role -- this committee played a key role in reauthorizing the landmark law. this overwhelmingly bipartisan effort basis former president, with the new johnstone sign the legal voting rights act into law. i'm reminded of the continuing importance of the law. panels of judges appointed by presidents of both parties have found that texas intentionally discriminates against minority...
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it is the george w. bush white house. they say oh, we want to check your interest to see if he would serve on the presidential commission. i said a commission on what? i don't even know what commissioners. first of all, i am an academic. i don't hang out in washington. i don't know anything about washington. in academia, politics is the barrier between where you're standing and where you want to go. where is in washington, politics is the common a sea of all interactions. so this is not my culture. they want to come to washington to serve in the commission. i said, what's the title of the commission? they said the commission on the future of the united states aerospace industry. and i said, you have the right thyssen? you know, i fly in airplanes, i don't fly airplanes, but then they said no, we know who you are and be read your writings, and i said could they have read -- what? how? so the redmond a list of other people there, buzz aldrin was going to be on that as well just in case you don't remember, he was an apollo 1
it is the george w. bush white house. they say oh, we want to check your interest to see if he would serve on the presidential commission. i said a commission on what? i don't even know what commissioners. first of all, i am an academic. i don't hang out in washington. i don't know anything about washington. in academia, politics is the barrier between where you're standing and where you want to go. where is in washington, politics is the common a sea of all interactions. so this is not my...
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w. bush they will support field of the reelection campaign. james hoffa says the labor union supports president obama and has criticized republicans and mitt romney for favoring ceos over workers. after the rnc convention he told the "huffington post" net romney once to annihilate labor workers. the obama administrations has been a mixed bag. even when democrats dominated the house and senate some say they took labor support for granted when they took self carolina to host last week's convention. and the free-trade agreement printer hurt american workers. the unions must juggle the demands of members wild businesses big for mercy in a weak economy. earlier this week the fedex ceo had to loosen his grip to allow the independent chairman to toe the line of escalating pay in seven of cutting jobs. at know whether time says mister hoffa has the labor unit seen so divorces to take away the rights we have fought to secure. corporations have become too rich and too powerful. he has been at the center since childhood. coughs the only son of legendary
w. bush they will support field of the reelection campaign. james hoffa says the labor union supports president obama and has criticized republicans and mitt romney for favoring ceos over workers. after the rnc convention he told the "huffington post" net romney once to annihilate labor workers. the obama administrations has been a mixed bag. even when democrats dominated the house and senate some say they took labor support for granted when they took self carolina to host last week's...